1912 Washington gubernatorial election

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1912 Washington gubernatorial election
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  1908 November 5, 1912 1916  
  Ernest Lister LCCN2014687323 (cropped).jpg Gov. M.E. Hay, Washington LCCN2014687532 (square crop).jpg
Nominee Ernest Lister Marion E. Hay
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote97,25196,629
Percentage30.55%30.35%

  3x4.svg AnnaAMaley.jpg
NomineeRobert T. Hodge Anna A. Maley
Party Progressive Socialist
Popular vote77,79237,155
Percentage24.44%11.67%

1912 Washington gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Lister:      30–40%     40–50%
Hay:      20–30%     30–40%     40–50%
Hodge:      30–40%

Governor before election

Marion E. Hay
Republican

Elected Governor

Ernest Lister
Democratic

The 1912 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1912. Democratic nominee Ernest Lister defeated Republican incumbent Marion E. Hay with 30.55% of the vote. Lister was voted in with the smallest percentage of the vote in a gubernatorial election in the 1900s. [1] This was the first election in Washington in which women had the right to vote.

Contents

Primary election

Primary elections were held on September 10, 1912. [2]

Democratic party

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results, first choice [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic W. W. Black4,45120.01%
Democratic Ernest Lister 4,42019.87%
Democratic Hugh C. Todd3,44815.50%
Democratic William Henry Dunphy2,96613.33%
Democratic E. C. Million2,78812.53%
Democratic M. M. Godman2,64911.91%
Democratic L. F. Chester1,5216.84%
Total votes22,243 100.00%

Since no candidate received more than 40% of the first choice votes, the second choice votes were counted. W. W. Black was disqualified for being a sitting judge, so the second-placed Ernest Lister was ultimately the Democratic nominee.

Democratic primary results, combined [2] [3] [a]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic W. W. Black8,16618.68%
Democratic Ernest Lister 7,629 17.45%
Democratic Hugh C. Todd7,32216.75%
Democratic E. C. Million5,73913.13%
Democratic M. M. Godman5,51712.62%
Democratic William Henry Dunphy5,35712.26%
Democratic L. F. Chester3,9809.11%
Total votes43,710 100.00%

Republican party

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Marion E. Hay (incumbent) 69,005 76.93%
Republican Orville Billings20,68923.07%
Total votes89,694 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates

Other candidates

Results

1912 Washington gubernatorial election [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Ernest Lister 97,251 30.55% −2.45%
Republican Marion E. Hay (incumbent)96,62930.35%−32.21%
Progressive Robert T. Hodge77,79224.44%
Socialist Anna A. Maley 37,15511.67%+9.23%
Prohibition George F. Stivers8,1632.56%+0.57%
Socialist Labor Abraham Lincoln Brearcliff1,3690.43%
Majority 6220.20%
Total votes318,359 100.00%
Democratic gain from Republican Swing +29.75%

Results by county

County [5] Ernest Lister
Democratic
Marion E. Hay
Republican
Robert T. Hodge
Progressive
Anna A. Maley
Socialist
George F. Stivers
Prohibition
Abraham L. Brearcliff
Socialist Labor
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%#%#%#%
Adams 97042.34%84736.97%28612.48%1386.02%431.88%70.31%1235.37%2,291
Asotin 50125.47%80245.57%25014.20%1277.22%764.32%40.23%-301-17.10%1,760
Benton 1,19932.34%1,48640.06%62316.81%3208.63%581.56%210.57%-287-7.74%3,707
Chehalis 1,90721.69%3,64441.44%1,33615.19%1,73519.73%1411.60%310.35%-1,737-19.75%8,794
Chelan 1,03720.28%1,80235.24%1,48028.94%63412.40%1402.74%210.41%-322 [b] -6.30%5,114
Clallam 42216.78%78131.05%67026.64%61724.53%170.68%80.32%-111 [b] -4.41%2,515
Clark 2,43431.48%2,53232.74%1,32617.15%95112.30%4666.03%240.31%-98-1.27%7,733
Columbia 98639.05%83032.87%51320.32%1485.86%461.82%20.08%1566.18%2,525
Cowlitz 80321.04%1,35235.42%1,10328.90%50113.13%531.39%50.13%-249 [b] -6.52%3,817
Douglas 1,35243.66%83727.03%55017.76%2909.36%611.97%70.23%51516.63%3,097
Ferry 53832.20%57734.53%25115.02%26916.10%100.60%261.56%-39-2.33%1,671
Franklin 50829.18%71741.18%20611.83%27015.51%321.84%80.46%-209-12.00%1,741
Garfield 47330.92%36924.12%58538.24%714.64%312.03%10.07%-112 [c] -7.32%1,530
Grant 72027.94%90635.16%53320.68%37214.44%381.47%80.31%-186-7.22%2,577
Island 27217.63%44328.71%43528.19%32621.13%664.28%10.06%-8 [b] -0.52%1,543
Jefferson 60226.57%89339.41%48521.40%27312.05%60.26%70.31%-291-12.84%2,266
King 26,24337.07%18,92726.74%18,72726.45%5,5947.90%8251.17%4760.67%7,31610.33%70,792
Kitsap 1,03117.39%1,82030.70%1,57226.51%1,39123.46%761.28%390.66%-248 [b] -4.19%5,929
Kittitas 1,58031.29%1,42228.16%1,50529.80%4118.14%1142.26%180.36%75 [d] 1.49%5,050
Klickitat 91727.49%1,56546.91%42412.71%33410.01%852.55%110.33%-648-19.42%3,336
Lewis 2,87929.69%3,12732.25%1,68317.36%1,66717.19%3173.27%240.25%-248-2.56%9,697
Lincoln 1,73336.72%1,70436.10%96320.40%2294.85%771.63%140.30%290.61%4,720
Mason 57031.77%48326.92%34919.45%37420.85%130.72%50.28%874.85%1,794
Okanogan 1,19628.42%1,57737.48%51612.26%87420.77%280.67%170.40%-381-9.05%4,208
Pacific 90422.56%1,75543.80%91622.86%3478.66%781.95%70.17%-839 [b] -20.94%4,007
Pend Oreille 64131.48%77838.21%28614.05%30214.83%261.28%30.15%-137-6.73%2,036
Pierce 10,72434.00%6,97222.10%9,51430.16%3,50611.11%7112.25%1180.37%1,210 [d] 3.84%31,545
San Juan 26922.32%41434.36%28523.65%21718.01%151.24%50.41%-129 [b] -10.71%1,205
Skagit 2.09022.91%2,57928.27%2,38926.19%1,64218.00%3694.05%530.58%-190 [b] -2.08%9,122
Skamania 23028.29%34342.19%14718.08%8310.21%70.86%30.37%-113-13.90%813
Snohomish 3,59719.09%3,67719.52%6,93036.79%3,84720.42%7003.72%880.47%-3,083 [e] -16.37%18,839
Spokane 10,57630.54%11,79234.05%9,38727.11%2,0475.91%7042.03%1220.35%-1,216-3.51%34,628
Stevens 1,87331.82%1,54726.28%1,22720.85%97116.50%2454.16%230.39%3265.54%5,886
Thurston 1,63425.88%1,97431.26%1,39722.13%1,13818.02%1602.53%110.17%-340-5.38%6,314
Wahkiakum 13415.65%37443.69%22826.64%10712.50%101.17%30.35%-146 [b] -17.05%856
Walla Walla 3,38645.21%2,35531.44%1,30917.48%3134.18%1151.54%120.16%1,03113.77%7,490
Whatcom 2,78518.83%4,57630.93%4,01427.13%2,92419.76%4202.84%750.51%-562 [b] -3.80%14,794
Whitman 3,51936.19%3,48135.80%1,03410.63%5745.90%1,09911.30%160.16%380.39%9,723
Yakima 4,01631.29%4,56935.60%2,29717.90%1,2219.51%6855.34%450.35%-553-4.31%12,833
Totals97,25130.55%96,62930.35%77,792 [f] 24.44%37,15511.67%8,1632.56%1,3690.43%6220.20%318,359

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Republican to Progressive

Notes

  1. These are the stated combined totals; for all candidates the sum of first and second choice votes does not equal the stated combined total
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Hay's margin over Hodge
  3. Hodge's margin over Lister
  4. 1 2 Lister's margin over Hodge
  5. Hodge's margin over Maley; Maley ran ahead of both Lister and Hay in this county
  6. The county figures add up to 77,731

References

  1. Skelley, Geoffrey (September 13, 2021). "Everything You Need To Know About The California Recall Election". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Elections Search Results: September 1912 Primary". Washington Secretary of State . Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 Washington Secretary of State. "For Governor". Abstract of Votes Polled in the State of Washington at the Primary Election Held September 10, 1912. Olympia, Washington. pp. 9–11.
  4. "Elections Search Results: November 1912 General". Washington Secretary of State. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  5. 1 2 Washington Secretary of State. "For Governor". Abstract of Votes Polled in the State of Washington at the General Election Held November 5, 1912. Olympia, Washington. p. 10.